Line 6 MS1 Echo Park ToneCore Pedal

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Choose from a variety of delay patterns including Ping-Pong, Swell, Slap, and Sweep. This pedal offers Analog, Tape, and Digital delay models.

Based on the award-winning DL4 Delay Modeler, Echo Park is loaded with unbelievable sounding models including Analog, Tape, and Digital Delay. Different delay patterns such as slap, ping pong, swell, and sweep can be adjusted with the twist of a knob, and the Mod dial can be tweaked for even more variations. Also features Tap Tempo and stereo ins and outs.

Features:

Model Switch - Switching this reconfigures the virtual circuitry inside Echo Park. You get three of the most desired delay sounds on the planet.

Tape - This gives you darker tone with each repeat just like a vintage tape-based echo. And you never have to change tapes

Digital - This gives you straight up echoes, with crystal clear digital fidelity.

Analog - Designed to give you a vintage analog 'bucket brigade' delay sound, with its classic warmth and warble.

Trails Switch - Set this on to keep Echo Park's processing engaged while in bypass, so your echoes smoothly trail away when you kick the effect off.

Mix - Turn the knob up (clockwise) for louder echoes, or down for quieter ones.

Repeat - You get 1 repeat at the minimum setting, and infinite repeats that swirl around when the knob is all the way up.

Time - This knob gives you a range of spacings for your echoes from 53 milliseconds (close together) through 2.2 seconds (way far apart). You can use Tap Tempo to reach Echo Park's maximum time of 2.5 seconds.

Mod - Turn this knob up to get some delicious stereo modulation on your echoes. Each model has read more its own type of stereo modulation:

Analog has Vibrato

Digital has Chorus

Tape has Wow & Flutter

Function Control Knob
Normal - your taps are treated as quarter notes, so you hear your echoes coming back at the same speed you tapped the footswitch.

Tap eighth note triplet - This setting lets you tap quarter notes, while the echoes come back doing 8th note triplets.

Tap dotted eighth note - You tap quarter notes, your echoes come back as dotted 8th notes.

Slap - This is the place for a speedy slap back echo. The Time knob's range is automagically changed to be 10 to 150 milliseconds. You can Tap Tempo quarter notes, and get 16th note echoes.

Swell - This adds an auto volume swell along with your echoes. Dreamy.

Sweep - Add this sweeping filter to the feedback loop of your echoes and you'll be glad you did

Ducking - The volume of your echoes is 'ducked' (reduced) while you're playing, and increases when you stop. This is handy to avoid mud-tone.

Multi 1 - Uses multiple delay 'taps' to give you a rhythmic pattern of echoes.

Multi 2 - Another multi-tap rhythmic variation.

Ping Pong - Alternating left and right taps

Reverse - Just like the backwards tape tricks on countless classic albums, this flips your input signal around and sends it back to you in reverse. Use it live, and folks are sure to be impressed.

Tap Tempo
Put your foot to work and get your echoes in the groove. Using the innovative ToneCore double-action footswitch, you can tap a couple times and have your echoes match your tempo. Whether the effect is active or bypassed, you can tap the footswitch lightly to set delay time. Your first two taps establish the tempo and any additional taps will be averaged in.

Any time the Tap Tempo switch is used to alter the delay, the tapped value overrides the current setting of the Time knob. Whenever the Time knob is turned, it overrides the last value entered with the Tap Tempo switch. Echo Park's indicator light flashes the tempo in green when the effect is ON and amber when the effect is OFF.
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Time Knob Ranges

Normal = 53 ms to 2235 ms

8th-note triplet = 18 ms to 745 ms

8th-note dotted = 40 ms to 1676 ms

Slap = 10 ms to 150 ms

Tap Tempo Ranges

Normal = 40 ms to 2500 ms

8th-note triplet = 13 ms to 833 ms

8th-note dotted = 30 ms to 1875 ms

Slap = 10 ms to 625 ms

Note About Delay Times

All times are in Milliseconds.

1000 ms = 1 second

Power Requirements

Single 9-Volt Battery, or

Line 6 DC-1 9-Volt DC Power Supply (buy it now)

Size & Weight

Width 3.375 in.

Depth 5.625 in.

Height 2.875 in.

Weight 2 lbs 4 oz

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 818-575-3600

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars. (26 ratings)
Submitted June 8, 2010 by a customer from losergeek.com

"Nice idea, decent value, but a little flimsy."

Overall: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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If I have any other problems with it I might end up turfing it.

Sound
The sound of the 'delays' seem a little thin to me. It's great that you have the options of tape/digital/analog, but they don't quite seem to cut through the way they do on my digitech delay, even when you kick up the level, it's like they are loosing something.

Features
Features are great on this pedal - you're not going to find another stomp box at this price that packs the amount of options into something this size or price. If you want a flexible delay unit, this is definitely the way to go.

Ease of Use
The soft tap for tap tempo is a little hard to get the hang of, especially on stage when you've got adrenaline flowing. Otherwise, it's all pretty self explanatory

Quality
Low marks here. The reviews elsewhere about daisy chaining are accurate - this pedal absolutely needs it's own power supply or batter. And this is coming from someone that generally has a pretty noisy setup and doesn't care about a bit of hum. I had to dish out for another supply, which isn't the end of the world, but it does make things slightly more complicated. Also, the knobs are really flimsy - I've already cracked one off, and they feel like they are always about to break. This is a great pedal for at home or in the studio, but I'm considering switching back to my digitech for shows until I need all read more the extra features.

Value
This is a really good value, but think hard about the features you need and the environment where you will use it. Personally if I had my time back I might give up a couple of the bells and whistles and pay a little extra for the Boss DD7, just to get the reliability.

Manufacturer Support
Not sure yet - we'll see how easy it is to get a replacement knob.

Musical Background:
Active Musician

Musical Style:
Rock and Punk
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